Joel Edgerton Quotes

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Joel Edgerton

Profession : Actor

Birth : June 23, 1974

I had a brother who was bullying me to write something because we wanted to make our own movies. So it was out of necessity in the beginning. Over time, I began to see that I could create the roles I wanted to play rather than just waiting around.

Joel Edgerton

I never imagined myself in a movie with magic.

Joel Edgerton

I did my holy communion, and it was amazing how quickly the stories of the Bible and God and Jesus got under my skin.

Joel Edgerton

Gene Hackman was a superstar in the '70s - with that face!

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We are people in circumstances who make choices that we think are right at the time.

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I would have happily done 'Bourne Legacy,' but a lot of decisions are made for you.

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I couldn't do 'Eleanor Rigby' because it was clashing with another project - something I was going to go do - something with Liv Ullmann.

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Sometimes Hollywood manages to knock a movie in its teeth so hard that it never manages to get back up.

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You can road-test relationships.

Joel Edgerton

When you're constantly involved in domination, what you're really looking for is constant highs.

Joel Edgerton

I often put any project I write in a different decade just to roll the thought around in my head. There's a thriller I've written that I think would be nice to set in the '70s or '80s, just to take cell phones away from the movie. There's nothing like the piercing ring of an old-school telephone to really scare an audience.

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I grew up being taught, 'Do unto others as they would do unto you.' I would get scolded for not being polite.

Joel Edgerton

Where does guilt and punishment lie, and are we not more expressive over remorse or guilt when other people see the badness in us?

Joel Edgerton

Whenever you're trying to do your own take on a classic piece of literature, it's almost like you're trying to swim up your own stream or drive down your own path.

Joel Edgerton

I reckon I would be able compare anything to anything else if you gave me enough time.

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I don't have any kids of my own.

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It's weird: I don't see myself as a tough guy.

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I did have someone tell me that I looked like Conan O'Brien. I was like, 'What?'

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To me, 'Warrior' was a real turning point - probably one of the greatest experiences I've ever had as an actor on set.

Joel Edgerton

My whole journey and career has been really interesting, but the one element it never really had was any sense of great momentum.

Joel Edgerton